The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-12-07


all consuming passion OF body, mind and soul,
and after a while have it they will though
one wine glass cost the temporal and eternal
destruction of themselves, and AL their fam
lilies, and the whole human race. They would
say: y am sorry it is gong to cost me, and
my family, and all the worlds population so
very much, but here it goes to my lips, ana
now let it roll over my parched tongue and
down ;Gy heated throat, the sweetest, the
most inspiring, the MIST rapturouS thlng
that ever thrilled mortal OF immortal"
To cure the habit before it comes to
is last stages, various plans were tried IN
olden tines This plan was recommended IN
the books: When man wanted to reform he
put shot or bullets into the cup or glass or
strong drni-one additional SHOT or bullet
each day, that dSplaces so much liquor.
Bullet after bullet, aided day by day, OF
course the liquor became less and less until
the bullets would entirely fill up the glass ana
there was no room for the liquid. and by that
time it was said the inebria5I would be cured.
Whether any one was ever cured III that way
I know not, but BY long experiment 1t is
found that the only way IS to stop short OIL,
an when a man does that he neaslS God to
help him. AMI there have been more cases
than You can count whcn God has so helped
the man that he quit forever, and could
count a score of them here to day, some OF
CQeNl Dll!arS IN IN = Uol - - w
One would suppose that Iaen woa!d take
warning from some OF the ominouS names
given to the intoNicantS, and stand Oil from
the devastating influence. You have noticed,
for instance. that some Of the restaurants are
called The Shades" typical of the fact tnat
it puts mans reputation in the shade ana
his morals in the shade, and his prosperity IN
the shade, and his wife and children in the
shade. and his immortal destiny in the shade
Sod of no
in all our cities the words: ''Old Grow"
nightly suggestive of a carcass, and the
filthy raven that SwoopS upon it. .Old Crow.
Men and women without numbers slam OF
rum but unburied, and this evil IS pecklng at
ther glazed eyes, and pecklng at their bloateo
cheek, and pecking at their destroyed man.
hood and womanhood, thrusting beak and
claw into the mortal remains Of what once
was gloriously alive but now morally DEAD.
.-Old Crow.'' But alas, how many take
no warning. They make me think OF
Caesar on his way to assassination, fearing
nothing; though his statue III the hall crashed
into fragments at his feet, and q scroll con-
tanning the names of the conspirators was
thrust into his hands, yet walking right on 10
meet the dagger that was to take his lite.
This infatuation Of strong drink IS so mlSnty
in many man that, though his fortunes are
crashing, and his health is crashing, and his
him a long scroll containing the names OF
perils that await him, be goes straight on to
physical, and mental, and moral asSaSSlna-
ton. In proportion as any style OF alcoaoi-
ism is pleasant to your taste, and stimulating
to your nerves, and for time delightful to
all yoar physical and mental constitution, IS
the peril awful. Remember Jonathan and
the forbidden honey in the woods OF Beth
aven.
Furthermore, the gaplaSterS indulgence
must be put to the LIST o. temptations deli
cious but destructive. have croSSI the
ocean eight times, and always one Of the best
rooms has, from morning till late at night:
been given up to gambling practices: heard
Of men who went on board with enough
money for European excursions who landed
without enough money to get their baggage
ND to the hotel or railroad station. To many
there is complete fascination III games OF
hazard Or the riSling of money on poSSlbll-
ties. It seems as natural for them to bet as
to eat. Indeed, the hunger fer food Is often
overpowered with the hunger for wagers. as
in the case of Lord Sandwich. persistent
gambler, who, not being willing to leave the
dice table long enough for the taxing OF food,
invented 8 preparation Of fcod that he coIld
take without stopping the game--namely, 4
slice OF beef between two S:lceS or bread,
which was named after Lord Sandwich. 1t
is absurd for those of us who have never felt
the fascination of the wager to speak slight
ingly of the temptation. 1t has slain null
titude of intellectual and moral giants, men
and women stronger than you or l. Down
under It's power went glorious O!iTer Gold
smith, and Gibbcn, the historian, ana ChareS
Fox, the statesman, and il olden times ia
NOUS Senators of the United States, who used
to be as regularly at the gambling house all
night as they were in the halls of legislation
by day. Oh, the tragedies of the faro table:
I know persons who began with a slight
stake in a ladies' parlor, and ended with
the suicides pistol at Monte Carlo They
played with the square pieces OF bone with
black marks on them, not knowing that
Satan was playing for their bones at the same
time, and was sure to sweepall the stakes off
on his side Of the table. The last New York
legislature sanctioned the mighty evil last
spring by passing law for its defense at tne
race tracks, and many young men IN these
cities lost all their wages at Ccney Island
this summer. and this fal! are borrowing
from the money tills Of their employers or
arranging by means of false entries to adjust
their demoralized finances Every man who
voted for the Ives pool bill has on his hands
and forehead the blood OF these souls.
But in this connection some young converts
say to me: rs it right to play cards! Is there
any harm in q game OF whist or euchre:'
Well, know good men who play whist and
euchre and other styles Of game without any
warerS. I had friend who played cards
with his wife and children, and then at the
close said: Come, now, let US have prayers"
will not judge other mems consclences, but
I tell you that cards are, in my mind, SO as
sociated with the temporal and eternal dam
nation Of splendid young men. that L should
no sooner say to my family: Come. let US
have game of cards, than l would so into
nenagerie and say: "Come let US have
game of rattlesnakes," or into a cemetery,
and sitting down by a marble slab. say TO
the grave diggers: Come, let US have game
OF SKULLS Conscientious young ladies' are
silently saying to me while speak: DO you
think card plaving will do US any harm.'
Perhaps not, but how will you feel if in the
great dav of eternity, when we are asked to
give an account of our influence, some man
shall say to you: Il was introduced to games
of chance in the year 1897, il brooklyn, at
your house, and went OF from that sport to
something more exciting, and Went on down
until lost my business, and lost ny morals,
and lost my soul, and these chains that YOU
see on MY wrists and feet are the chains OF
gamesterS doom, and I am on ny way to
gamblers hell" Honey at the start, eternal
catastrophe at the last.
Stock gambling comes into tie same cata.
logue It must be very eXhiarat.ng to &c
into Wall street, New York, or State street,
Boston, or Third street, Philadelphia, and
depositing a small sum of money, run the risk
of taking ont fortune. Many men are do
ing an honest and safe business in the stock
market, and you are an ignovamus If you DO
not know that it is just as legitimate to
deel in stocks as to deal IN coffee, or sugar.
or flour. But nearly all the outsiders who
go there on :, little financial excursion lose
oil hoo q